Golf stance indicator



y 1966 H. LASKIN GOLF STANCE INDICATOR Filed June 26, 1963 OF FLAG?DIRECTION INVENTOR. Harlan Laskm ATTORNEY.

United States Patent 3,253,830 GOLF STANCE INDICATOR Harlan Laskin,Youngstown, Ohio, assignor of one-half to Morris D. De Vorkin,Youngstown, Ohio Filed June 26, 1963, Ser. No. 290,831 1 Claim. (Cl.273187) This invention relates to a device for improving the game ofgolf and more particularly to a device for indicating the correct stanceof the golfer with respect to the direction in which the golf ball isdriven.

The principal object of the invention is the provision of a simple,inexpensive golf stance indicator.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a golf stanceindicator that is readily adjustable to meet the individual requirementsof a player.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a golfstance indicator that may be used in practice and'in actual play. I

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a golfstance indicator that is verysmall and compact and may be disassembledand carried in the golf club bag of the player.

The golf stance indicator disclosed herein comprises a simple adjustabledevice that may be laid upon the ground and serve as an indicator of thedesired direction in which a golf ball is to be driven. In suchposition, the golf stance indicator provides a ready indication of theproper positioning of the golfers feet or stance relative to theplacement of the golf ball and the device upon being used two or threetimes by a player may be set by adjusting the ball indicator portionthereof to the particular setting that corresponds to the correct stanceof the player with respect to the position of the ball and the desireddirection of driving the same. The device is formed in two portionswhich are quickly assembled or disassembled and the entire device weighsonly a few ounces making it easy to carry and inconspicuous in use.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being the intention to cover all changes andmodifications of the example of the invention herein chosen for purposesof the disclosure, which do not constitute departures from the spiritand scope of the invention.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

FIGURE 1 is a top plan view of the golf stance indicator With brokenlines indicating the position of the feet of the player and the golfball.

FIGURE 2 is an enlarged cross section'on line 2-2 of FIGURE 1.

By referring to the drawings and FIGURE 1 in particular, it will be seenthat the golf stance indicator comprises two elongated hollow bodymembers and 11, the member 10 having a longitudinally extending slot 12in its upper surface and a right angularly disposed projecting fitting13 at one of its ends. The projecting fitting 13 is adapted to slidablyengage so as to hold the body member 11 in right angular relation to thebody member 10 when the device is assembled as seen in FIGURE 1. It willbe seen that the adjoining ends of the body members 10 and 11 are cutdiagonally and that the projecting fitting ice 13 is preferably anL-shaped member, one portion of which is permanently secured within theend of the body member 10. The friction fit of the hollow body member 11and the projecting extension 13 are such that the device is held inassembled relation when the parts are engaged but may be readilydisengaged so that the device can be carried in the hand or in theplayers golf club bag. The body member 10 which has the elongated slot12 in its uppermost surface has indicia thereon comprising a directionalarrow 14 which it will be noted is in effect a continuation of thelongitudinal extending slot 12. The Words direetion of flag are alsoapplied adjacent the arrow and the golf stance indicator thereforeprovides the elongated body member 10 with the slot 12 and arrow 14 as avisual indicator of the desired direction in which the golf ball is tobe driven; in other words, toward the flag and hole on the green.

In FIGURE 1 broken lines indicate a golf ball 15 as being positionedforwardly onthe body member 10 and directly in front of a movablepointer 16 which is also illustrated in. FIGURE 2 of the drawings. Thepointer 16 is pointed at its projecting end 17 and downwardly flanged atits opposite end 18 where the flange thereof engages a longitudinallyextending groove 19 formed in the body member 10 in parallel relation tothe slot 12. A threaded shaft 20 is attached to a knurled Y nut 21and-extends through an aperture in the pointer 16 and through the slot12 and threadably engages a secondary nut 22. Thus, by rotating theknurled nut 21 the pointer 16 may be located or freed as desired so thatit can be moved along the slot 12 and the groove 19 and repositioned inwhatever location along the body member 10 that is determined by theplayer.

In using the golf stance indicator, the player assembles the bodymembers 10 and 11, positions the pointer 16 in the indicated location,places it on the ground in position with the pointer 16 indicating thecenter of the golf ball 15 and in spaced relation thereto and with thedirectional arrow 14 pointed at the desired objective. The player thenpositions his left foot alongside the body member 11 and the indicia onthe body member 11 serves to remind the player to position the left footagainst the inner side of the body member 11. The player then positionshis right foot in spaced relation thereto with the toes of both feet inevenly spaced relation to the body member 10. After the pointer 16-ofthe golf stance indicator has been preferably set in accordance with adesired stance and direction of drive the same conditions and stancewill therefore be indicated and recreated and the golf ball when drivenwill travel to its desired objective. If the golf stance indicator hasnot been preset, several trial drives Will readily determine the properpositioning of the pointer 16 relative to the players normal stance sothat a proper setting can be obtained and used thereafter.

When the ball is driven the device is picked up, the body members 10 and11 separated and the device positioned in the golf bag or carried in thehand of the player to the next location from which the ball is to bedriven where it will be reassembled and reused to again indicate theproper stance relative to the desired direction of drive.

It will thus be seen that of a golf stance indicator has been disclosedwhich meets the several objects of the invention, and having thusdescribed my invention, what I claim is:

A golf stance indicator comprising a pair of elongated body membershaving a detachable right angular corner construction at one of theirends normally securing one of said body members in right angularrelation to the other, one of said body members having a pointeradjustably attached thereto and extending -at right angles therefrom ina direction opposite to that of the other one of said elongated bodymembers, said pointer being movable longitudinally of said body memberto which it is attached, said body member carrying sa-id adjustablepointer having a directional arrow longitudinally thereof pointingtoward said corner construction, said body member carrying said pointerhaving a longitudinally extending slot in the upper surface thereof and-a parallel longitudinally extending groove therein spaced with respectto said slot, and wherein said pointer comprises a body member having adownturned flange on one end, said flange engaged .in said groove and amanually separable clamp on said pointer engaged in said slot.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 805,216 11/1905Lynch 33-114 1,126,049 1/1915 Mccleary 331 14 10 1,213,063 1/1917 Benson33-1 14 2,720,706 10/1955 Laine 33--95 2,790,642 4/1957 Rolfe 273-187DELBERT B. LOWE, Primary Examiner.

15 G. I. MARLO Assistant Examiner.

